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Medford Mail Tribune from Medford, Oregon • Page 12

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Tuesday, June 28r 1955 TWTLVE MEDFORD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE FORMER ARC MAN DIES New York U.R) E. Dudley Haskell, 57, a former official of the American Red Cross and th United' Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Association, died yesterday in a New York Consideration Given To Loo rfoad Opening Washington (U.R) The Forest Service informed Rep. Walter Norblad today that consideration is being given to the opening to the public of the Lolo Pass road in Mt. Hood National forest. The service's regional office in Portland is reconsidering the necessity of keeping the road closed.

The recommendation, when completed, will be reviewed here Richard E. McArdle, chief of the service, said. Police Hunt Parenfs Of Abandoned Infant Portland (U.R) County police today hunted the parents of a tiriy baby boy. found abandoned on the front steps of a Portland clinic early yesterday. The infant, believed to be only one of two days old, was described as "normal and healthy." Police said the blue-eyed baby was probably saved from suffocation by a passing youth who heard it crying.

It was in a card promoted Krishna Menon Believes U. N. Session Success Los Angeles U.FJ V. K. Krishna Menon, India's United Nation's delegate and ambassador of good will, today described the UN anniversary meeting in San Francisco as a "good conference," and added, "I think we are moving in the right direction." Krishna Menon, who arrived here yesterday by air from San Francisco said, "The desire for peace in every country is overwhelming." He was scheduled to address the Whittier College Institute of International Relations tonight at the First Friends Church in nearby Whittier, after which he will leave for New York.

Ex-Douglas Clerk Held in Spokane Spokane, Wash. (U.R) A former law clerk for U. S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas pleaded guilty in Superior Court yesterday to four charges of grand larceny by check.

Donald R. Colvin, 36, who was given the Supreme Court job because he was graduated at the head of his law class at the University of Washington, admitted writing S400 worth of bad checks here last February, police said. Colvin, who is a former attorney for the New Jersey Central Railroad was returned here from New York to face the charges. He also is wanted in Tacoma and Seattle on similar charges, police explained. Judge Ralph Edgerton postponed sentencing, pending further investigation.

Oregon's Pig Crop Biggest in 5 Years Portland (U.R) Oregon's spring pig crop was the largest in five years, according to the Department of Agriculture's deporting service here. Estimated at 151,00 head, the crop exceeded the 1954 spring output by 29 per cent and nearly equalled the 10-year average of 155,000. Idaho was reported up 3 per cent at 121,000 and Washington's turnout of 122,000 head was up 17 per cent from last year. Tel Aviv Official Studies Portland Portland (U.R) The town clerk of Tel Aviv, Yehudah Ne-divi, arrived here last night for a two-day study of Portland's city government methods. His position is comparable to that of an American city manager.

The trip was sponsored by the Foreign Operations Administration of the State Tesl Evacuation of 160,000 Planned Portland (U.R) Plans were disclosed today for a test evacuation of some 160,000 persons from downtown Portland this fall. City Civil Defense Director Jack Lowe said the evacuation would be limited to within a radius of one mile of the downtown area. Main reason for the evacuation will be to test the traffic movement pattern. He said all persons in the affected area would be asked to evacuate except those in essential industry. Lowe added that he planned to confer with city officials and businessmen to determine feasibility of the tests.

"If they're not for it, we won't get a test," he said. "However, I think, the officials will go along." board" box with the flaps closed. Beside it was a bottle of milk The infant was taken to Waverly home. but to what? Will our children reram to school next fill find elassfeome overcrowded-too few teachers-aot enough With eedy uTho more children entering school every September, we must pie now the threat to our educational stand srds. President Eisenhower hss called far White House Conference Einea.

tion in November. Yoa eea, help Vf participating in community edeeatieael conferences this summer end ML For free booklet. "How Can We Discuss School write Better Schools, 2 West 45th St, N. Y. 36, N.

BETTIR SCHOOU MIRD Birra coMMUNirm Cabot Lodge Says World Tide Turning In Favor of U. S. Portland (U.R) Henry Cabot Lodge, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said here today he believed the tide of world affairs was turning in favor of this country. Lodge, who stopped briefly at the Portland International airport on his way to Washington, D.C., took note of recent changes in Russia's attitude and said: Reflects New Policy "The change in the way the Soviet representatives have been talking is certainly in the large part a reflection of the strength-building policies which we and our allies have successfully pursued." Lodge spoke in Seattle last night before about 2000 persons at the University of Washington.

There, he compared the UN to a medical research center which "has not yet fijund a cure for the scourage of war" but at least provides a place to work at it. He said the world, through the U.N., knows a lot more about the disease of war "and how to treat it." See Awful Symptoms "In fact, we see some of its (war's) awful symptoms among us in the U.N." Lodge quipped, "and it's good to have them right close where we can study The Dalles Seeks Debate Of Neuberger, Coon The Dalles U.R) The Junior Chamber of Commerce here today invited Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Ore.) and Rep. Sam Coon (R-Ore.) to debate here Sept. 27 on Coon's bill for partnership construction of John Day dam.

The two lawmakers have debates scheduled on the same subject Sept. 26 in Hood River and Sept. 28 in Pendleton. Subscribers To report improper or non-deliv-ery of the Mail Tribune phone 2-6141 before 6:45 pjn. dally and 10:30 ajn.

Sunday. If regular delivery arrives shortly after you call please notify office thus eliminating special messenger service. NAMED CHAIRMAN Portland (U.R) Wendell Gray, a veteran member of the Portland school board, last night was named by directors as board chairman for the coming year. ACCIDENT TOLL Chicago There is a highway accident every three seconds somewhere in the U. S.

operation with Tht AdvmHm CmmcJ Chevrolet's special hill-f latteners 162 180 erM them better." The ambassador said some critics of the U.N. would have the organization eliminated, have the United States withdraw or have Russia get out of it. "A congressman' doesn't resign every time he can't get his pet bill passed," said the former Massachusetts representative and senator. Monroe Feed Store Cleared by NLRB Washington (U.R) A ruling of the National Labor Relations Board yesterday dismissed charges that the Monroe Feed Store, Monroe, had unfairly discharged four employees. The AFL American Federa tion of Grain Millers had complained that Ellis Conn, Don and Frank Harrington, and Jesse Howe had been fired in violation of the labor relations act.

The board, a unanimous decision, ruled that dismissed the complaint and also overturned a trial examiner's recommendation that the Harrington dismissals be ruled a violation, of fair labor practices. The board said the Harrington case had been disposed of previously. Revolutionary Plane Reaches Model Stage Moffett Field, Calif. (U.R) A revolutionary new airliner that can take off and land vertically has reached the model stage at the government's Ames Aeronautical Laboratory here. tL it Kiji if "7- Jljj Motion pictures showing the See that fine fat mountain yonder? You can iron it out, fiat as a flounder and easy as whistling! Just point one of Chevrolet's special hill-flatteners at it (either the "Turbo-Fire V8" or the i'Super and pull the trigger! Barr-r-r-r-o-o-O-O-OOM! Mister, you got you a flat mountain! At least it feels flat.

For these Chevrolet V8's gobble up the toughest grades you can ladle out. holler for mora. They love to climb, because that's just about the only time thi throttle ever comes near the floorboard. And that's a pity. For here are engines that sing as sweetly as a dynamo built to pour out a torrent of pure, vibrationless power.

Big-bore V8's with the shortest stroke in the industry, designed to gulp huge breaths of fresh air and transmute it into blazing acceleration. So most of the time they loaf. Even at the speed limit they just dream along, light and easy, as a zephyr, purring out an effortless fraction of their strength. Until an emergency screams "NOW!" until your foot bangs down and that V8 explodes into action a tornado of fiery concentrated urge that snatches you ahead to safety like the crack of a whiplash! An engineer can run his eye over the specifications of these V8's and'instantly understand why they are so hyper-efficient how friction is held so low they need just four quarts of oil instead of the usual five or more how big valves and short manifolds let them "breathe" deeply for maximum power how the 12-volt electrical systems (exclusive in Chevrolet's field) provide twice the punch for cold-weather starts and faultless high-speed firing. But you don't have to be an engineer to know that these are the sweetest running V8's you ever piloted.

Just- come in, slip behind the wheel, point the nose at the nearest bill, and feather the throttle open. These V8's can do their own talking and nobody argues with them! at motoramic smau scaie version in action were made public yesterday. More than 400 of the nation's top aviation executives watched films of the model plane, whose wings were tilted in a vertical position with: the propellors pointing skyward for the -take-cff. Once airborne, the wings are swung into a normal horizontal position. Contracts Awarded For Gas Pipe Lines Seattle (U.R) Fish Northwest Construction, announced today that construction contracts totaling have been awarded in connection with Pacific Northwest Pipeline gas line through the Pacific Northwest.

The contracts cover 509 miles of main line and lateral, and 47 miles of gathering lines. They cover the four main line sections from near Burley, to Co lumbia river at the Oregon-Washington border-and involve lateral and gathering systems in the Big Piney, and Pi-ceance Creek, gas fields. Sabre Jet Crash Takes Pilot's Life Warden, Wash. (U.R) An F86D Sabre jet fighter plane crashed in a remote area north of here last night and the pilot was killed, the Air Force reported today. The plane was on a routine training mission out of Larson Air Force Base.

The crash occurred shortly before midnight. The plane was attached to the 31st fighter intercepter squadron. Identity of the pilot was withheld pending notification of Stealing the Thunder from the High-Priced Cars with the Most Modern V8 on the road! CHEESE CONTENT Madison One pound of cheese requires up to 10 pounds of milk, depending uppn the texture and variety of the cheese. Phono 2-6115 Medford and Bartlett Streets (C IEMBCIDMETZ MORTALITY RATES Washington Infant mortality rates in the U. S.

of 28 per 1,000 of live births in 1953 was 30 per cent less than in 1943. and 50 per cent less than in 1933..

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